This week marks 100 days since Congress failed to extend full funding for the successful, bipartisan Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides 9 million U.S. children and pregnant women with comprehensive and affordable health care coverage. This has manufactured an emergency with real consequences for children, families and pregnant women, and for the states, which operate CHIP programs.Join the nation’s leading children’s health, medical and advocacy organizations in a day of action on January 10th to help #SaveCHIP. Together we can make a difference for children, families and pregnant women across the country.

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Congress’ failure to extend CHIP funding long-term has resulted in a manufactured emergency that has real consequences for children, families and pregnant women. It doesn’t have to be this way. There is bipartisan policy ready to be passed right now to extend CHIP funding for five years. Both chambers of Congress support it; the only thing preventing it from passing is political will. Congress must take the opportunity to pass a five-year CHIP funding extension on a bill this week to fund the federal government. Right now, the greatest threat to children’s health care coverage is Congressional inaction.

As advocates for children and pregnant women, we are growing increasingly distressed by Congress’ failure to take timely action to extend funding for the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funding for CHIP is now 61 days past its September 30 deadline and the families of the 9 million children and over 370,000 pregnant women who rely on the program face an uncertain future.

As advocates for children and pregnant women, we are growing increasingly distressed by Congress’ failure to take timely action to extend funding for the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funding for CHIP is now 61 days past its September 30 deadline and the families of the 9 million children and over 370,000 pregnant women who rely on the program face an uncertain future.